Shift Loss

when a manager is unhappy with your performance, causing you to lose a shift

Manager: “Trey! I have had enough of you screwing all of our employees and stealing mountain dews out of the fridge! You are going to have to endure a shift loss!”

by veggiebowl04 January 3, 2023

shift knob

Noun: The object at the end of a shift lever in a manual transmission car, usually made from vinyl, leather, or metal, depending on either the manufacturer's or owner's taste.

That shift knob is pure bling.
My new shift knob is lighter and helps me shift gears better.

by celicaman November 26, 2006

suicide shift

A work shift where the workers have eight hours (or less) between the time they get off of work and their next shift. Named this way because workers who are put into this situation are usually overworked and underpaid by their boss and would rather be dead than be forced to be overworked by a company that doesn't give a shit about them. Two notable cases occurred in July 2021 with the Frito-Lays company and in August 2021 with Nabisco. Unfortunately, this has become more common since the COVID-19 pandemic started

"One of the most contentious issues throughout the bargaining process, according to union leaders, has been the regular use of forced overtime at the plant that results in so-called 'suicide shifts' where "'many of the more than 800 workers at the plant are only getting an eight-hour break between shifts."'

-NPR

"Alongside low pay, treatment of employees is coming to the surface. Workers at Frito-Lay—which also exceeded its profit goals during the pandemic—went on strike for three weeks this summer, citing concerns over forced overtime, 100-degree plus conditions, and 'suicide shifts.' The workers were successful in ending the practice of assigning the grueling 12-hour shifts, which took place less than 8 hours apart...Parent conglomerate Mondelez International angered employees when it proposed turning eight-hour shifts into 12-hour ones without overtime."

-Civileats

by Mayday ｯ November 7, 2021

seismic shift

A major change. (Seismology is the study of earthquakes.) The implication is that the change being described is so significant that the earth will move under your feet. Like paradigm shift, this phrase has become overused marketing hype.

In just the last century, there has been a seismic shift in the treatment of women in this country.

by DBill the PonyillBill August 3, 2017

The Paradigm Shift

In a general sense, a change happening on a vast scale. A shift in the big picture, if you will.

Specifically "The Paradigm Shift" refers to a certain oft discussed and theorized shift in social groups concerning several different intersecting social circles. The Paradigm Shift did not happen within the originally proposed timeline of the spring of 2008, but new evidence has come to light suggesting that The Paradigm Shift may still be happening, just on a larger timeline and consisting of not exactly the same changes as earlier expected.

"The Paradigm Shift" may still come to manifest itself in the first quarter of 2009.

by DYSTLLBLV? January 26, 2009

reality shift

n. 1. the manifestation of objects appearing, disappearing, transforming and transporting. 2. changes in the way we experience time. 3. any sudden, abrupt alteration of physical reality with no apparent physical cause. 4. the source of synchronicity.

John discovered that his keys had experienced a reality shift. He found them right where he'd looked to begin with when he noticed they were missing -- in the very spot where he knew for sure they hadn't been, just a moment before.

by Cynthia Sue Larson September 5, 2003

dick shift

When one masturbates while driving a vehicle

"yo i pulled up to a stop light the other day and this dude was dick shiftin beside me."

by T READY August 20, 2009